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Chrome Software

Adobe Acrobat Reader

  • It is available to use as a Google Chrome browser extension.
  • This app can read any PDF.

Features: text-to-speech, highlighting, magnification, navigation, annotation

Amazon Kindle

  • It is available to use as a web browser extension for Google Chrome
  • Readers have the ability to customize text size, font, margins, alignment, and orientation.
  • Readers can turn pages like a physical book or continuously scroll.
  • The Kindle browser extension for Chrome supports HTM and HTML

Features: adjustable brightness and background colors, built-in dictionary, track reading progress, bookmark pages you want to save, highlight and take notes, zoom in and out, and Audible book.

Helperbird

  • It is available for Chromebook as a Chrome browser extension.
  • It includes a variety of free reading, writing, and accessibility features; add-ons are available for purchase.
  • It offers Optical character recognition (OCR) which is called the Screenshot Reader in this app.
  • This app supports PDF and web-based HTML files.

Features: voice typing, dyslexia support, an immersive reader

Kami

  • It is available on Chrome, Windows, and Mac.
  • Text-to-speech support for PDF, Google Docs

Features: text-to-speech, annotation, highlighting, voice preferences, voice speed, synchronized highlighting as text is read

NaturalReader AI Text to Speech

  • It is available to use a Chrome extension or a web app.
  • This app supports PDF, Word Doc, RTF, TXT, ePUB, HTML
  • Built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

Features: text-to-speech, dyslexia friendly fonts, synchronized highlighting, closed captions, annotations

Read&Write

  • It is available on Chrome, Mac, and Windows.
  • This app has Text-to-speech support for Google Docs, PDF, ePUB, KES
  • It is also available to use as a browser extension on Google Chrome.

Features: text-to-speech, voice preference, voice speed, synchronized highlighting as text is read, dictionary, picture dictionary, web access

Select-to-speak

  • It is available to turn on through the Chromebook Help Accessibility Page.
  • Text-to-speech support for digital screen content

Features: text-to-speech, voice preferences